sys_utsname.h

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NAME

sys/utsname.h
--- system name structure

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

The
<sys/utsname.h>
header shall define the structure
utsname
which shall include at least the following members:

char sysname[] Name of this implementation of the operating system.
char nodename[] Name of this node within the communications
network to which this node is attached, if any.
char release[] Current release level of this implementation.
char version[] Current version level of this release.
char machine[] Name of the hardware type on which the system is running.

The character arrays are of unspecified size, but the data stored in
them shall be terminated by a null byte.
The following shall be declared as a function and may also be defined
as a macro:

int uname(struct utsname *);

The following sections are informative.

APPLICATION USAGE

None.

RATIONALE

None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

None.

SEE ALSO

The System Interfaces volume of POSIX.1-2008,
uname()

COPYRIGHT

Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form
from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2013 Edition, Standard for Information Technology
-- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
Specifications Issue 7, Copyright (C) 2013 by the Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group.
(This is POSIX.1-2008 with the 2013 Technical Corrigendum 1 applied.) In the
event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and
The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard
is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at
http://www.unix.org/online.html .